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Dunkirk

suburban area · City of Nottingham

Old EnglishAI-generated

Dunkirk likely means 'the monks' chapel' or 'the chapel of the monks'. It is composed of an Old English term for a chapel and a word referring to monks.

Word origins

Dunkirk
Old Englishmonks' chapel(from dūn "down, hill", circe "church")